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(NeModeL) J. P. SGHUSSLER, J r. & H. e. KERSTEN.

COMBINED MEASURE AND FUNNEL.

Patented Sept. 18, 188-3.

WITNESSES IN ENTOR ATTORN 5 n. PETERS. Fholo-Lhhognnhnv, wmin t n, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. SCHl j'SSLER, JR, AND HENRY O. KERSTEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED ME'ASURE AND FUNNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,168, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

Application'filed May 17, 1883. (No model.)

To an whom, it may concern Be it known that we, J OHN P. SoHiissLER, Jr., and HENRY O. KERSTEN, both of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 00111- binedMeasures and Funnels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved measuringvessel for liquids,with which is combined a funnel, so that the liquids may be transferredwithout spilling to a bottle or other vessel; and the invention consistsof a measuring-vessel having a bottom opening and valveddischarge-spout, the valve being provided with means for opening thesame quickly, as will appear more fully hereinafter, and finally bepointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent verticaltransverse sections of our improved combined.measure and funnel, showingthe valve of the funnel respectively in closed and opened position; andFig. 3 is a horizontal section on line y 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a measuringvessel of any suitable material,shape, and

size, according to the quantity to be measured off thereby. The vessel Ais provided with a handle, a, and with a bottom opening, 12, that ispreferably covered by a strainer, d, to retain any coarser impurities.Below the bottom opening, 1), extends in downward direction a funnel, B,which is closed by a spring-actuated valve, 0, the stem 0 of which isextended below the funnel and divided in two parts, which are bent inupward direction and at tached' at diametrically;opposite points to aring. 6.

\Vhen the vesselA is filled and the contents are to be discharged into abottle or other vessel, the funnel is placed on the mouth of the bottleand the measure pressed down upon it, so that the valveGwill be openedby the pressure of the ring 0 and stem 0 on the valve 0.

The contents of the measure will then be readily discharged.

The spring for operating the valve 0 is interposed between thevalve-seat C and a fixed collar, f, on the stem 0', as shown clearly inFigs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters 'Patent- The combination, with a measuring-vessel, A,having a bottom opening, of the funnel B, a spring-actuated valve, 0,and its seat 0 below the bottom of the vessel within the funnel, thestem of the valve, the ring 6, to which the stem is attached, the fixedcollar f on the stem, and the actuating-spring, substantially asdescribed.

In. testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havesigned our names in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. SGHUSSLER, JR. HENRY G. KERSTEN. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

